Whip-socket.



No. 841,479. PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

T. ARMSTRONG.

W111iJ SOCKET.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 14. 1906.

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THOMAS ARMSTRONG, OF SARANAO, NEW YORK.

WHIP-SOCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

Application tiled June 14,1906- Serial No. 321,643.

To n/ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Tnonxs ARMSTRONG, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Saranac, in the county of Clinton and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved hip-Socket, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in whip-sockets, the object beingto provide a novel and simple means for locking the whipstock in thesocket, thus preventing its removal excepting upon its release byunlocking the retaining mechanism.

I will describe a whip-socket embodying my invention, and then point outthe novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying` drawings, forming a part otthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding' parts in all the Vtieures.

Figure 1. is a sectional side elevation of a whip-socket embodying myinvention, the section being taken on the line a; a; of Fig. 2. Fig. 2is a section on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectionshowing the parts in locking position. Fig. 4 is a side viewillustrating` the locking mea-ns. Fig. 5 shows one of theretaining-springs, and Fig. 6 is a sectional detail showing the deviceas receiving a whip of the usual construction.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the socket to receive thewhip-stock 1, and movable on the outer side of said socket and in avertical direction is a collar 2. The socket is provided inward of thecollar with a plurality of openings 3 for receiving outwardlycurvedportions 4 of spring-retaining devices 5 5, the said retaining devicesconsisting of strips of metal and being alternately riveted to thesocket at the upper and lower ends. The collar has an enlarged interiorlower portion 6, at the upper end of which is an annular shoulder 7. Thecollar is connected, by means of arms 8, with a plunger 9, the saidconnections consisting of pins 10, which pass from the arms throughslots 11 in the socket, and arranged between the plunger 9 and a plug 12in the lower end oi' the socket is a coiled spring 13.

The upper portions of the retaining devices 5 are provided with wings14, which are curved inward, so that when the parts are in lockingposition the said wings will engage the whip-stock 12L and prevent theinsertion of a tube or the like to release the wings 14EL on the lowerend of the retaining devices 5L from their position over a collar 15 onthe whip-stock. Then the whip-stock is moved downward, a locking-bolt 16will engage with a tooth in a rack-bar 17, pivoted to the collar 2 andheld yieldingly in engagement therewith by means of a spring 18. Torelease the bolt from the rack, a key may be inserted through thekeyhole 19 to press its guard against the spring 18,

In the operation upon first inserting the whip-stock the parts will bein the position indicated in Fig. 1, when by further downward movementof the whip-stock the collar 2 will be forced downward, sothat theannular shoulder 7 by engaging with the curved portions 4 of theretaining devices will force said retaining devices inward, as indicatedin Fig. 3.

In Fig. 6 the whip-stock is of the usual construction, or having abutton 20-instead of the collar 15;

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentu 1. A whip-socket comprising a tubular member slottedat its lower portion and having openings above said slots, springyielding retaining devices arranged in the socket and having curvedportions for passing into the said openings, a collar slidable on thesocket and having an interior annular shoulder for engaging with saidcurved portions, a plunger in the socket, arms extended from the collar,pins passing through said slots for connecting the arms with theplunger, and'a spring with which the plunger engages.

2. A whip-socket comprising a tubular member having opposite slots atits lower portion, and also having openings above said slots, retainingdevices consisting of spring metal having curved portions Jfor extendinginto said openings, a collar movable lengthwise on the socket and havingan annular shoulder for enga-ging with said curved portions, the upperends of said retaining devices having laterally-disposed wing portions,a plunger movable in the socket, arms extended downward'rom said collar,pins passing through the slots for connecting the arms with the plunger,a spring engaging with the plunger, a rack-bar attached to the collarand extended downward therefrom, and a spring-pressed locking-bolt forengaging with the teeth of the rack-bar.

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3. A whip-socket comprising a socket the whip-stock, and means forlocking the member having openings near its upper end7 plunger andcollar in lowermost position. spring members secured in the socket andIn testimony whereof I have signed my having outwardly extended portionsfor name to this specification in the presence 1 h h k h 1 l of twosubscribing witnesses. envt Wise on t e soc et, t e interior ower lportion of said Collar being enlarged, aspringl THOMAS ARMSI RONGpressed plunger movable in the socket, arms Witnesses: extended downwardfrom the collar and hav- F. T. LOVE, 1o ing connection with saidplunger7 av ring on G. WV. BRILL.

